Traffic Court Records in Marion County
The Marion County District Court covers a wide docket. It handles countywide misdemeanors, preliminary felony matters, and traffic cases. Civil matters under $25,000 and small claims up to $5,000 belong there too. Judge Jodi Carney presides over the Bull Shoals, Flippin, and Yellville departments. Where a traffic case lands depends on the issuing agency. It also depends on the department printed on the citation. The rural county docket sits in Yellville. Bull Shoals, Flippin, and the Yellville city docket each handle their own city traffic and ordinance cases. The Arkansas District Court overview describes how this limited-jurisdiction layer works.
That structure matters. The Circuit Clerk is not the first call for an ordinary Marion County citation, because the filing department controls the traffic record.
Marion County Traffic Record Custodians
Four direct clerk numbers prevent the most common routing error. Rural Marion tickets belong to the county docket at 870-449-6030. Yellville city cases use 870-449-6581. Flippin uses 870-453-8300, and Bull Shoals uses 870-445-4775.
- Rural Marion county docket
- Call 870-449-6030. Use MyFinePayment or another documented local method only when the court permits payment.
- Bull Shoals
- Call 870-445-4775. MyFinePayment is the county-designated payment path.
- Flippin
- Call 870-453-8300. The city lists eCourtPay, mail, phone, and in-person payment choices.
- Yellville city docket
- Call 870-449-6581. The city directs eligible payments to MyFinePayment or City Hall.
Read the citation rather than picking a number by home address. A driver cited near Yellville might have a county docket case or a city docket case, and the state directory keeps those separate.
How to Look Up a Traffic Ticket
Every Marion County ticket lookup starts with the paper citation, since it identifies the issuing court, the ticket details, and the printed appearance date. The county's online tools center on payment. Search ARCourts can add public case information when a department participates. Still, the filing clerk remains the source for status and copies.
- Read the citation and copy the court, department, ticket or case number, appearance date, and payment amount if shown.
- Use the payment tool designated for that department only if you are choosing and permitted to pay.
- Search Search ARCourts by participant or case number for available public case information.
- Call the department clerk when the citation is missing, has not posted, or the online result conflicts with the paper notice.
- Visit or mail the filing department for a docket copy or certified disposition after confirming cost and instructions.
The statewide system does not show every district case with the same depth. And a payment receipt never substitutes for a certified court record.
Marion County Traffic Record Fields
Flippin spells out its eCourtPay requirements clearly. You need the ticket number, case number, court date, and fine amount before starting. MyFinePayment covers rural Marion, Bull Shoals, and Yellville, but no complete required-field list is published for that interface.
| Portal | Field or Input | Required | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| eCourtPay | Ticket Number | Yes | Exact citation identifier |
| eCourtPay | Case Number | Yes | Court's case identifier |
| eCourtPay | Court Date | Yes | Confirm with the clerk if reset |
| eCourtPay | Fine Amount | Yes | Call the clerk if unknown |
| MyFinePayment | Jurisdiction or ticket lookup | Not specified | Find the assigned ticket payment record |
| MyFinePayment | Payment card | Needed to pay | A separate vendor fee is added |
Never guess a value just to get past the form. Flippin users can call 870-453-8300 for case details, and the eCourtPay vendor line is 844-874-8624.
Finding Your Traffic Court Date
Read the latest court notice along with the citation. Search ARCourts labels upcoming settings "future events," and Marion County posts no separate daily calendar. A continuance, reset, or amended notice can replace the first date while the older entry stays in the chronology. Trust the most recent document, not the oldest.
| Citation or Case Number | Copy the exact value, such as the number printed on the Marion citation; no local mask is published |
|---|---|
| Court and Department | Shows which rural or city docket owns the traffic case |
| Date and Time | Use the newest valid notice or future event and confirm it with the clerk |
| Location | Follow the case entry and court instruction, not a judge's chambers address |
| Setting Type | May describe an appearance, hearing, trial, review, or other court event |
| Status | Reflects entries recorded in the court case, subject to update and access limits |
Ask the clerk for the current date, time, place, proceeding type, and whether an appearance is required. The countywide court calendar process explains resets and future events in more depth.
Marion County Traffic Docket Limits
A payment screen is not the full traffic docket. It may hold enough data to find and pay an eligible ticket, but it does not show the whole sequence of settings, pleas, orders, and disposition entries. The clerk's traffic file remains the record behind the transaction. For routing, the county's official court-information page lists traffic jurisdiction, contacts, and payment methods.
Use that county page to route the case, then get status or copies from the listed department itself. Vendor data is never the court file. A receipt proves a transaction, but only the filing court can issue a certified traffic disposition or a complete docket copy.
Paying or Contesting a Ticket
The citation forces a choice, and it should be made before the printed date. Payment may carry a plea consequence. Confirm what paying means in that department first. To contest, follow the appearance instructions on the citation instead of paying through the vendor. Marion County publishes no single plea form, fine schedule, or response deadline. Nothing covers all departments.
| Paying the Ticket | Contesting the Ticket |
|---|---|
| Confirm the charge, amount, court, and effect of payment with the clerk | Use the citation's court and appearance instructions |
| Pay only through the method assigned to that department | Do not pay first and assume a contest remains open |
| Keep the receipt and verify the court case status | Confirm the new hearing or trial setting with the court |
Missed Marion County traffic date: Contact the issuing department at once. A missed required setting can produce a failure-to-appear entry, warrant, or other court-ordered consequence, and the payment vendor cannot promise to clear it.
Marion County Traffic Payment Routes
Payment options depend on where you go. The District Court office takes cash, money order, debit card, or credit card. The Marion County Sheriff's Office accepts cash, check, or money order. Online and phone payment require debit or credit and add a separate vendor fee. So call first. The county says you must know the amount before starting. The county-designated MyFinePayment interface serves rural Marion, Bull Shoals, and Yellville.
Flippin handles traffic payments through eCourtPay, and it also lists in-person, mail, and phone options for anyone who prefers those. The phone vendor line is 877-591-8768. Questions about the docket itself still go to the clerk's filing department, since none of these payment routes changes where the Marion County court record lives.
Marion County Traffic Court Departments
Judge Jodi Carney presides over the three Marion County District Court departments listed by the Arkansas Judiciary. Those are Bull Shoals, Flippin, and Yellville. Yellville gets a finer split in the directory. Tina M. Burleson handles the County Docket there, while Jackie Story handles the City Docket. That split matters more than the judge's shared service. Each clerk keeps the traffic record for her own department. She also gives her own instructions. The county docket operates from 105 S. Berry St. in Yellville. Flippin Court sits at 239 E. Main St. Bull Shoals goes through its clerk at P.O. Box 390, Bull Shoals. Call the number printed on the citation. Do not guess the filing counter from the town name alone.
Marion County Traffic Records from Summit
Summit is incorporated, yet it has no separately listed District Court department of its own. Under the current district administrative plan, warrants obtained in Summit go to one place. They get filed with the Yellville Division. That is just a local filing rule. It does not create a Summit court portal, and none exists to search.
Read any Summit-origin citation or notice for the issuing agency and the court it names. For a county district matter, start with the Yellville county docket at 870-449-6030 unless the document points elsewhere. Search ARCourts can supplement that contact where the department participates.
Want the official docket copy or current status? The court clerk supplies both. A city government contact cannot.
Court Traffic Record vs Driver Record
Two different offices hold two different files. The Marion County District Court department keeps the judicial case record for a citation, while Arkansas's driver-services agency keeps the state driver record. A court resolution may be reported to the state later. Even so, the two records never merge into one.
| Court Traffic Record | Driver Record | |
|---|---|---|
| Kept By | Filing District Court department and clerk | Arkansas licensing and driver-services authority |
| Shows | Citation, settings, plea, disposition, payments, and court events | Reportable state driving history |
| Request Route | Court lookup, department phone, counter, or mail request | State driver-record process |
The second file matters here only to prevent a mix-up. A request for a Marion County traffic case disposition belongs with the court. The state driver-record office cannot supply it.
Marion County Traffic Record Geography
Official 2020 Census material names Bull Shoals, Flippin, Yellville, Summit, and Pyatt as the county's five profiled incorporated places, but only Bull Shoals, Flippin, and Yellville serve as current District Court departments. A spot on the county map does not mean a place runs its own traffic docket. The official Census incorporated-place table shows the full geographic breakdown behind that distinction.
Venue still comes from the citation and the court plan. Pyatt has no separate department listed. Summit matters may route to Yellville as the plan specifies. City boundaries and population figures describe the county. But the citation alone tells you which clerk can confirm a traffic case.
Fees and Copies
Marion County publishes no complete traffic-record copy fee or local fine schedule. Ask the assigned clerk about plain-copy, certified-copy, search, delivery, and payment terms. Do this before mailing any funds or making the trip.
| Item | Published Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Plain traffic case copy | Not published | Call the issuing department |
| Certified traffic disposition | Not published | Request from the filing clerk |
| Local fine amount | Not published as one schedule | Use the citation and clerk confirmation |
| MyFinePayment card transaction | Separate vendor fee | Added at the end of the transaction |
For a mailed request, include the exact citation or case number, your name, the court, the document you want, and the copy type. A receipt is not the same as a certified disposition.